The Battalion College Station (Brazos County), Texas
I 5 ' Page 2 Thursday, July 25, 1957
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In spite of steel castings being-
bulky and expensive to ship long-
distances, 35 to 40 per cent of the
Texas market is being supplied by
producers from other states.
This was discovered by James R.
Bradley, a specialist in industrial
economics research at the Texas
Engineering Experiment Station (a
part of the A&M System).
He finds that nine jobbing steel
foundries are presently producing
castings in Texas and providing a
total annual output of 33,135 tons,
mostly in the carbon steel cate
gory, and that there is also pro
duction of castings by so-called
“captive” foundries that produce
solely for their parent concerns.
All of the jobbing foundries have
facilities for at least 25 per cent
more production.
Eight of the nine steel jobbing-
foundries in Texas are located in
the eastern portion of the state
near the casting using customers,
many of which are chemical or pe
troleum industries. The ninth job
bing foundry is located in El Paso.
Harris county has three foundries
with Bexar, Tarrant, Gregg, El
Paso, Harrison and Angelina coun
ties having one each.
All of the nine foundries use
carbon steel and low alloy steel in
making castings and three present
ly are using high alloy steel, to
meet the demands of Texas cus
tomers. Only one produces mal
leable steel castings.
The size or weight of castings
made by the foundries in Texas
vax-ies from % of a pound to
20,000 pounds. Very few of the
castings produced in Texas weigh
more than 5000 pounds, but the fa
cilities are available should a cus
tomer have need of them. Both
the electric melting process and
73 Foreign-born
Students At A&M
Seventy-three foreign students,
representing 22 countries, are en
rolled for the second term of sum
mer school, according to the Reg
istrar’s Office.
Heading the list with most stu
dents enrolled is Mexico with 15,
closely followed by Pakistan with
11 students enrolled. Other coun
tries represented and the number
of students from each are India,
G; Venezuela, Guatemala, El Sal
vador and Brazil, 4 each; Argen
tina, Bolivia and Cuba, 3 each;
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama
and Paraguay, 2 each; Canada,
Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Greece,
Honduras, Peru and the Philippine
Islands, 1 each.
the open-hearth furnace method
are used by the Texas concerns.
Industries which presently pur
chase steel castings from jobbing-
foundries in Texas manufacture in
the following categories: Ordnance
and accessories, agricultural ma
chinery and tractors, construction
and mining machinery and equip
ment, special industrial machinery,
general industrial machinery and
equipment, office and store ma
chines and devices, valves and fit
tings, electrical generating trans
mission, distribution and industrial
apparatus, motor vehicle parts and
accessories, truck trailers, railroad
equipment, furniture and fixtures
and miscellaneous fabricated metal
products.
In Texas it is common practice
for a foundry to ship castings as
many as 200 or more miles to a
using .industry. Most castings
move by truck and in many cases
the foundries own the trucks that
transport the finished castings.
With the growth of various in
dustry in Texas, the steel castings
production will play a more im
portant role, Bradley believes. As
more users of steel castings locate
in the state, the demand will be
greater and Texas concerns should
get a higher percentage of the
market.
Sophomores Vital
To Ag’s Thin Line
NO, THERE AREN’T ENOUGH girls to go around at the weekly MSC dance. The usual
Aggie stag line is very much in evidence. Believe it or not, there is a girl in the pic
ture. Look in the right background.
Make-believe Forest Fire
Practice Undertaken Here
Ag Prof President
Of Pecan Growers
F. R. Brison of the Department
of Horticulture at A&M has been
elected president of the Federated
Pecan Growers Association of the
United States.
In the same election, which oc
curred during the federation’s re
cent meeting in Biloxi, Miss., J.
Benton Storey, assistant professor
in the Horticulture Department,
was named secretary.
The Federated Pecan Growers
Association of the U. S., repre
senting the bulk of all domestic
pecan production in this country,
is made up of the Southeastern
Pecan Growers Association (which
includes associations from Georgia,
Florida, South Carolina, Missis
sippi and Alabama), the Louisiana
Pecan Growers Association, the
Oklahoma Pecan Growers Associa
tion and the Texas association.
In addition to being a nationally-
known authority on the academic
side of the pecan industry, Brison
also owns and operates a good-
producing grove in Bell County.
He has been closely associated
with pecans and pecan production,
as well as other horticultural pro
ducts, throughout his 30 years
, with A&M.
A “mock” forest fire drill with
practice conditions that would like
ly exist on a large blaze, was un
dertaken on Monday and Tuesday,
July 22 and 23, by the Fire Control
Department of the Texas Forest
Service in the vicinity of Bon Wier,
Newton County, Tex.
Purpose of the “dry run” was
to test the effectiveness of fire
fighting plans developed to cope
with large fires and locate the
weak spots. The present drill was
directed toward having an effec
tive organization on fires over
2,000 a«res, representing a situa
tion under blow-up conditions. It
is an exercise similar to that car-
ried out by the U. S. Army to
check combat effectiveness.
The area of the mock fire had
previously been marked out on the
ground and signs were posted
throughout the area giving inform
ation as to conditions theoretically
present,; such as wind velocity and
direction, humidity and other per
tinent factors. To coordinate work
on the project fire , and prevent
loss of time a permanent camp
was established. Bedding, food
and water were provided. The
camp was also headquarters for
radio communications and provis
ion was made to care for mechan
ical breakdowns at this point.
Under normal forest fire con
ditions Texas Forest Service per
sonnel with local landowners’ as
sistance can handle the job. How
ever, under explosive weather' con
ditions wildfires can become large
and more difficult to handle, re
quiring additionar' equipment and
manpower.
SPORT SHIRTS
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By ROGER COSLETT
Sophomores will be counted on
to fill the blanks in the ’57 Aggie
football ranks as the Maroon and
White field what may possibly be
the thinnest and most inexperien
ced squad in the Southwest Con
ference race.
This rather grim outlook is the
picture painted in the 1957 A&M
football brochure prospects for
1957.
“Chief cause of the lack of
depth and experience is the thin
junior class players, who were
freshmen back in 1955.” Only
three players of that group are
on the first two teams now.
Loss of 12 departing lettermen
will show up more seriously in the
middle of the line. The top four
guards, top two centers and right
tackle are missing from this years
line-up. The loss of work horse
performers fullback Jack Pardee
and center Lloyd Hale as defen
sive line-backers will be sorely felt.
The brochure continues by say
ing, “there is no depth in any po
sition except tackle and quarter
back.” Because of a lack of ade
quate substitutes at halfback any
injury to star halfbacks Crow ,oi
Taylor might well prove “disas
trous”.
On the brighter side of the pic
ture there are six returning reg
ulars that played a lot of good
football last year. Freshman full
back Gordon LeBoeuf will team
with returning fullback Richard
Gay in an effort to fill the shoes
of the fabulous Jack Pardee. A
task that will prove difficult if not
impossible. LeBoeuf has proven
a consistent performer in his fresh
man duties and in spring prac
tice.
The defending champions lack
ed team speed in spring drills; an
important factor in the unbeaten
1956 club. This was due in part
to the many injuries in the spring
practice that prevented their work
ing as a unit. This speed will
have to be developed early in the
fall, further states the brochure,
if the Aggies are to successfully
defend their title.
Also on the brighter side is the
statement that the kicking game
is in capable hands.
Numerous shifts may be made
at the beginning of the season be
fore a clocklike combination is
produced hut this writer feels that
if the winning combination is there
our capable coaching staff will
find it.
FFA DELEGATES—Representing A&M Consolidated FFA Chapter at the annual State
Convention in Fort Worth last week were Kanneth Cooner (left), president, and Edgar
Feldman, vice president.
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The Grove
Schedule
A&M’s summer
is as follows:
Grove schedule
Thursday July 25, “Houdini”
starring Tony Curtis and Janet
Leigh in Technicolor.
Friday July 27, “Run for Cover”
with James Cagney, color by Tech
nicolor.
Monday July 29, “Far Horizons”
starring Charlton Heston and Fred
MacMurry in Technicolor.
Tuesday July 30, “Jungle Moon-
men” with Johnny Weismuller.
Wednesday July 31, “Ulysses”
starring Kirk Douglas and Silvana
Mangano with color by Technicolor.
Gates open at 7 p.m. and the
show starts at 8 p.m. Admission
is 25</‘ for adults and 10>'■ for chil
dren under 12. Season tickets for
the six week term are $2.50 for
adults and $1.25 for children.
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